After observing the unchecked and untreated harmful emissions from a straw paper factory in their
community, a group of students called Nature Bodies Youth Group, decided to try to rid this problem
by making the community and government aware of the ill-effects the factory was posing on the
environment. By involving and informing the local government and community, including arranging
visits to polluted water sources, petitions, awareness campaigns, promoting alternative employment,
research and continuous protest, the factory was closed down with the Coordination of the
Chhattisgarh Environment Conservation Board & the District collector. The workers who lost their
jobs started farming and animal rearing jobs. Other industries are now very careful about the
effluents from their factories.

Research was made on the vast amount of waste in the city and how this waste was polluting the local
drinking water. With government support, awareness campaigns, workshops, road shows, petitions and
competitions on clean environment and recycling were organized.

Showing and encouraging the local community how waste can be converted, recycled and useful.

To increase the number of people joining this easy waste management project, we cooperated with the
Government and supporting communities during campaigns and workshops.